Means for packing printing plates



:0. s. GAUCH. MEANS. FOR IACKING PRINTING PLATES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, I921.

Patented Nov. 7, 1922.,

Patented 7, 1922.

UNETEE STATES eases ORLANDO STALEY GAUGE. 9F NE'W HAVEN, CDNHECTIOUT.

MEANS FOR PACKING PRINTTNG PLATES;

Application filed June 4,

T 0 all whomc't may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO STALnY GAUCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Packing Printing Plates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for packing printing plates and the primary object thereof is to provide an effective, simple, economical and reliable means for securely packing the plates against damage in transit through the mails or through shipment by express.

As is well known printing plates, such as cuts, electrotypcs, etc, are securely fastened by nailing to rectangular wood bases or blocks, in which form they are used in the printing press; and the invention briefly proposes to utilize the base block as the bottom of a container, the sides and ends of which are formed of wood strips nailed to the base block and projecting a distance above or beyond the cut or plate to protect the latter, the top being formed by a cushioned filler strip engaged on top of the plate and fitted within the projecting sides of the strips.

In the drawings s Figure 1, is a top plan view of the invention:

Figure 2, is a section on line 22 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3, is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, the wood base block 1, depicted in the drawings, is that of the customary rectangular form and has the metal printing plate 2 nailed thereto as illustrated at 3, in conformance with the'usual practice in the art. Wood strips 4, are nailed at 10 to the sides of the block and similar strips 5 to the ends of the block, the several strips being of such width so as to project for a distance above the plate in order to adequately protect the latter. The sides and ends preferably meet at their extremities and form corner joints which are particularly desirable since it is at these points that damage is most likely to occur, due to the fact that postal employees frequently throw parcel post packages to expedite handling 1921. semi no. 475,165.

thereof. This is especially true in the instance of printing plate packages wherein the increased weight as compared to the average package of the same or approximately the same bulk, encourages throwing into sacks or piles, in order to facilitate the necessary assortment in shipment either by parcel post or express. With the present invention, the corners of the plate are therefore thoroughly and effectively protected as against the damage possible from the aforementioned handling of the packages.

The strips may be made of lumber that ordinarily would be considered waste ma terial and the nailing thereof onto the base may be accomplished either by hand or by the use of nailing machines that are customarily employed in the manufacture of printing plates, and more especially in the attachment of the plates to the wood block 1.

Finally, a preferably cushioned cardboard or plain cardboard if desired, filler or sheet 6, is fitted to engage within the projecting parts of the strips and to seat or lie superimposed upon the printing plate to thus protect the effective face of the latter, and the package is then completed by wrapping with ordinary wrapping paper, or may be placed in a pasteboard box or the like. Vhen the package reaches its destination the strips can be easily removed by use of the hands.

Preferably, the bottom edges of the strips lie flush with the bottom face of the block, and likewise the filler lies flush with the top edges of the strips, to thus provide smooth faces, devoid of sharp edges, likelyto tear the outer wrapper. The filler is further held in place by the projecting parts of the strips so that same need be simply dropped or loosely placed on the plate without the use of extraneous fastening means What is claimed iSi 1. Means for packing printing plates, embodying in combination with a wood block having a cut attached thereto and forming a bottom, side and end strips nailed to the side and end edges respectively of the block and having their bottom edges approximately flush with the bottom of the block and having their top edges projecting above the cut to protect the latter, and a cushioned cardboard filler fitted within the projecting edges of the strips and seated on the top of the cut and arranged to lie approximately flush with the said projecting edges of the strips. i

2. In a printing plate package, in combination with a Wood block having a cut attached thereto, strips nailed to the sides and ends of the block and having parts extending above the out, and a filler plate superimposed upon the out and fitted in said extended parts of the strips and held in place by the latter.

3. In a printing plate package, in combination with a wood block having a cut attached thereto strips secured to the sides and ends of the block and extending above the out, and'filler means for protecting the efi'ective face of the .cut superimposed thereon and held in place by the extended parts of the strips.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

ORLANDO STALEY GAUGH. 

